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the N64 over a year ago, no
single game has been so widely
anticipated by so many gamers as
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cautious so far, not wanting to s
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probably guessed, the main reason
for the horse is as transportation.
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to Link's steed, you'll also find
warps that transport Link instantly
across the world."
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Behind the Screens
, At a reported 256 megabits, Zelda 64 will be the largest game forth
Mysteries of the Ages
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REPEATING FUNNY PHRASES-IT'S AN
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Natsume, (be king of quirky, underground hits, plans to pick
Once again, Natsume proves that you don't have to be big
to be courageous. The gamble on Harvest Moon for the
mm
Super NES has paid off in strong continuing sales and inter-
ing ahead. (Currently, the game is scheduled for an April
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ALL STAR BASEBALL 98 SPRING '98
BANJO-KAZOOIE SPRING ’98
BODY HARVEST SPRING ’98
CONKER'S QUEST SPRING'98
Elsewhere on the Japanese game front, ASCII seems to be
considering the possibility of publishing Aeroguage, its
DRACULA 3-D SPRING'98
DUAL HEROES SPRING '98
EARTHBOUND 64 SUMMER 98
EARTHWORM JIM 3 SPRING '98
F ZERO 64 WINTER'98
FORSAKEN WINTER '98
GEX II: ENTER THE GECKO SPRING '98
HYBRID HEAVEN SUMMER'98
JEOPARDY! FALL'97
KNIFE EDGE SUMMER'98
3-D on the N64. The Pocket Monster phenomenon contin-
more than five million copies, rivaling the Dragon Quest
and Final Fantasy series. Plans to introduce Pocket Monsters
to North America should be finalized soon and English Ian-
playable version of FIFA: Road to the World Cup '98. Our
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE WINTER'98
MLB FEATURING KEN GRIFFEY, JR. SPRING '98
NAGANO WINTER OLYMPICS '98 WINTER '98
NBA IN THE ZONE '98 WINTER '98
NHL BREAKAWAY'98 WINTER'98
QUAKE 64 WINTER'98
QUEST 94 SPRING'98
SILICON VALLEY WINTER'98
SPACE CIRCUS WINTER '98
SUMO 64 SPRING'98
THE LEGEND OF THE MYSTICAL NINJA WINTER '98
Andretti Racing, Nascar Racing, Madden '99, NBA Live '98,
NHL Hockey '98, and Need For Speed. That's practically the
Lego Racers, an on- again, off-again project under develop-
them in a Mario Kart-style game. Lego has plans for another
TONIC TROUBLE SPRING 98
TUROK Z SUMMER '98
TWISTED EDGE SNOWBOARDING WINTER '98
ULTRA LODE RUNNER WINTER '98
UNREAL WINTER '98
WCW VS NWO, WORLD TOUR FALL'97
WCWNITRO SUMMER'98
WWF: RAW IS WAR SPRING'98
YOSHI’S ISLAND 64 WINTER 93
ZELDA64 SPRING'98
seven titles featuring their popular building blocks. At MGM
with Dragon Storm. Ocean is now planning to do a Looney
NBA LIVE'98 ‘ FALL'97
NHL'98 FALL'97
Interactive, the long-delayed Freak Boy project has, appar-
the second N64 title. An early version of the game received
at Nintendo was so hard, though, that you would have to be
BUST A MOVE II ^ WINTER '98
FIFA SOCCER '98 WINTER '98
THE FIOGETTS FALL'97
GAME 8 WATCH GALLERY II WINTER '98
JAMES BOND 007 FALL'97
HERO'S FISHING ADVENTURE SPRING '98
THE LOST WORLD FALL '97
SUPERMAN WINTER '98
TUROK WINTER '98
WARIO LAND 2 WINTER '98
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